Romero CA

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 187-194
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ABSTRACT

The prognostic value of some coronary risk factors related to Stress/Echocardiography was analyzed. The most important prognostic factors during an abnormal study are: presence and time of begining, severity and extension of the myocardial ischemic changes.

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